How many WiFi names are in the generator?

304 in total: 69 clever, 94 cool and 138 funny. You can pull up to 10 per press and press as often as you like.

Is there a limit on how long a WiFi name can be?

Yes. An SSID can be at most 32 bytes, which means 32 ordinary characters. A few names in the list are longer than that and would need shortening before they will save on a router.

Can I use emoji or special characters in an SSID?

Technically yes on most modern routers, but each emoji uses four of the 32 bytes and some devices, especially smart-home gadgets and older printers, cannot join networks with non-ASCII names. Plain text is safer.

Does a funny WiFi name make my network less secure?

No. Security comes from WPA2 or WPA3 encryption and a strong password, not the name. The only caution is not to put personal details like your family name or unit number in the SSID, since everyone nearby can read it.

Do I get an SSID and a password together?

No, this tool only produces the network name. Choose the password separately and make it long; a passphrase of several unrelated words is easier to type on a TV remote than a string of symbols.

WiFi Name Generator

Get one to ten SSID ideas from 304 funny, clever and cool WiFi names, with a category filter so you only see the kind you want.

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Choose how many names you want (1 to 10), pick a category or leave it on Random, and press the button. You get a handful of ready-to-use network names from a list of 304: Panic at the Cisco, For Whom the Belkin Tolls, Drop It Like It's Hotspot, Router? I Hardly Know Her. It is for the moment you open the router admin page, see "NETGEAR47" in the SSID box, and decide the neighbors deserve better.

The three categories

Clever (69 names). Puns on networking words and brand names: Duke of URL, One if by LAN, Wi of the Figer, Tell My Wifi Love Her, and the surveillance-van family (FBI Van 13, Witness Protection, Surveillance Van).
Cool (94 names). Shorter, a little more deadpan: Network Not Found, Umbrella Corporation, Join My Bandwidth, Ye Old Internet, Guess Where We Live.
Funny (138 names). The broadest set, with references to songs, memes and pop culture: Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wi-Fi; Wi Believe I Can Fi; Friendly Neighborhood Spider-LAN; Look Ma, No Wires; We've Been Trying to Reach You About Your Car's Extended Warranty.

Random draws from all three at once. Each press reshuffles the chosen pool, so you never get the same name twice in one batch.

SSID rules worth knowing before you paste

An SSID (service set identifier) is the technical name for a WiFi network name. The 802.11 standard sets a few limits that decide whether a joke will actually fit on the router.

32 bytes maximum. Plain letters, digits, spaces and punctuation each take one byte, so 32 characters is the practical limit. Most names in this list fit; a few long ones (the extended-warranty joke is 65 characters) will need trimming or a different pick.
Case-sensitive. "Pretty Fly for a Wi-Fi" and "pretty fly for a wi-fi" are two different networks to a device.
Spaces and most symbols are allowed, but some older devices, printers and smart plugs choke on leading or trailing spaces, quotes or non-ASCII characters. Emoji count as four bytes each and are the most common cause of "why can't the TV see the network".
The name is public. Anyone within range sees it, so avoid your surname, apartment number or anything you would not print on the mailbox. Hiding the SSID does not add security; it only makes your own devices more annoying to connect.
Changing the name disconnects everything. Every phone, laptop and smart bulb will need to rejoin, so rename once and settle on it.

If you run a guest network, pick a related but obviously separate name so visitors know which one to join. "Get Your Own" from the Clever list makes a decent guest-network name for exactly that reason.

Other places these names end up

Not everyone using a WiFi name generator is renaming a router. Coffee shops and bars use them for the guest network printed on the menu. Streamers and Discord servers borrow them for channel names. Some people just want a hotspot name that makes the whole train carriage look up. For a network name that sounds menacing rather than funny, a made-up pathogen from the Virus Name Generator does the job, and a title from the Horror Movie Name Generator works the same way. If what you actually need is a name for your gaming group, the Destiny Clan Name Generator is the better tool, and all name generators are listed together.

Frequently asked questions

How many WiFi names are in the generator?: 304 in total: 69 clever, 94 cool and 138 funny. You can pull up to 10 per press and press as often as you like.
Is there a limit on how long a WiFi name can be?: Yes. An SSID can be at most 32 bytes, which means 32 ordinary characters. A few names in the list are longer than that and would need shortening before they will save on a router.
Can I use emoji or special characters in an SSID?: Technically yes on most modern routers, but each emoji uses four of the 32 bytes and some devices, especially smart-home gadgets and older printers, cannot join networks with non-ASCII names. Plain text is safer.
Does a funny WiFi name make my network less secure?: No. Security comes from WPA2 or WPA3 encryption and a strong password, not the name. The only caution is not to put personal details like your family name or unit number in the SSID, since everyone nearby can read it.
Do I get an SSID and a password together?: No, this tool only produces the network name. Choose the password separately and make it long; a passphrase of several unrelated words is easier to type on a TV remote than a string of symbols.